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Entries from November 2012

Agnosticize

November 2nd, 2012 · 2 Comments

There have been many hymns to belief, and to disbelief, but not enough to suspension of judgment.  Here’s one.

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Nine Settings

November 1st, 2012 · Comments Off on Nine Settings

The “Nine Settings” are for voice and piano. The texts are by Giordano Bruno, Marsilio Ficino, Tommaso Campanella, Le Comte de Saint-Germain, Christopher Smart, Guillaume Apollinaire, Francis Picabia, Jean-Pierre Brisset, and James Joyce. I wrote them back in 1983, and have occasionally revised them. They’re based on my occasional praxis of four-pitch diatonic chords, randomized […]

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